Why not get your sneakers on and run 2.23 miles today in memory of Ahmaud, 25 year old runner who was shot and killed for being Black? He would have been 26 today. His killers should be sentenced for this crime.
Post a photo of your sneakers after your run and this hashtag: #IRunWithMaud
Racism kills
Harriet Tubman was a slave who ran away to freedom, then helped many other slaves to escape. She is an American heroin.
Her face will appear on the new 20 dollar bills!
In this beautiful video, Prince Ea tells us to reject labels and be as one, chosing love over war and assessing people’s value from who we are, not what we look like.
Freddy Gray, a young African American from Baltimore, died last week from serious injuries that he got while being transported in a police van.
There have been protest marches in Baltimore, some turning violent as rioters broke shop windows, attacked the police and burnt cars. Other members of the Baltimore community have called for peace.
Marches have now been led in memory of Freddie Gray, demanding justice, in other American cities.
▶ Protests in New York over Freddie Gray’s death in Baltimore – YouTube.
At the Grammy Awards ceremony, several artists paid tribute to the “Black Lives Matter” movement, which honours the memory of young Black men who were killed in the past months or year. Here is a short mashup of these tributes :
Black Lives Matter Movement at the Grammys | Billboard.
Pharrell Williams’s song “Happy”, which won three awards, was sung to a background of young Black men wearing hoodies, like 17-year-old Trayvon Martin who was killed as he was peacefully walking near his sister’s home after buying candy and soda. Trayvon’s killer was not convicted. A “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” demonstration was done during his performance. Williams thus payed homage to late 18-year old, unarmed Michael Brown who was shot by the police in August 2014.
Beyonce sang the gospel song “Precious Lord Take My Hand” to a backing choir of Black men in white suits, their hands up in the same homage gesture.
Prince made a statement, saying “albums matter, like books and Black lives matter”, refering to the Black Lives Matter movement.
An anti-Islam group in San Francisco had put up ads on city buses. Street artists have fought racism by covering them up with their art, using Marvel superhero Muslim girl’s image.